Greasing device for animals



Dec. 22, 1931. w. MORRIS GREASING DEVICE FOR ANIMALS Filed March 24,1930 agar/{gym Patented Dec. 22, 1931 WILFRED ivronms, or MINGO, IOWAGREASING DEVICE FOR ANIMALS Application filed March 24, 1930. SeriaIYNO. 438,4i 3i The object of this invention is toprovide animproved construction for a device for supplying grease or oil to thehides of swine and other livestock.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved animalgreasing device including a rotatable greasing member and a greasecontainer arranged to move toward the greasing member for supplyinggrease to the latter, which in turn is arranged to transfer the greaseto the animals as they rub against it.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an animal greasingdevice which is 1 economical to manufacture, which is strong anddurable, and which is'not apt to get out of working order.

lNith these and other objects in view my invention consists in theconstruction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of mygreasing device for animals, whereby the objects contemplated are atained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims,and illustrated in 2 the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective vlew of the device. Figure 2 is a slightly enlarged verticalsection on the line 2-2 of Figure 1. Figure 3 is a horizontal section onthe line 33 of Figure 1. r

Figured is a perspective view of the grease container removed from thecasing.

Figure 5 is an interior vertical sectional view on the line 5-5 ofFigure 2, portions being broken away to economize space.

I provide a casing which includes aback wall 10 and spaced side walls 12and 14. The V V casing may be open at its top and is substanconstructedof heavy lumber or other suitable material.

The casing is provided at its forward side with a transverse bar 16connecting the for: ward' edges of the side walls and with a transversebar 18 at the upper ends of said walls.

The bars 16 and 18 carry vertically aligning bearing members 20 and 22respective- 1y. A greasing member 2a is rotatably the hides of domesticanimals: su'ch as swine. tially open at its forward side. It may be p i0f thensupports for the grease receptacle'34, the tendency is' for. saidreceptacle andfits mounted in the forwardfside of the casing beingprovided witha shaft26 extending therethrough and rotatably engaging inthe I bearings 20 and 22. The greasing member 24L preferably is a solidcylindrical blockofwood 7,5 2 or other suitable material, and ithasit'ssidesf" covered with a rough coating 2 8 whichma'y 1 a be composedof screen wire or thelikeh.

The casing is also provided with inclined track members 30 and 32 whichare carried;

by the inner surfaces and at the lower parts of'th'e sidewalls 12 and,14 and which are inclined forwardly and downwardly toward the lowercross bar16l i A- grease receptacle v 3 1i is formed of sheet; metalorthe like and is adapted to be mounted in the casing with its bottomrestingon the inclined tracks 30and 32,

The'grease receptacle 34- is open at its for- :ward side and issubstantially open at its top as clearly shown in Figure l. Ifdesired,the top margins of the side walls of, the receptacle may beextended outwardly to form flanges 36 and 38 and may also be extendedinwardly-to form a partial cover 40 for the receptacle. The flanges 36and 88 are arrangedto overlie inclinedtracks or shoulders 42 formed nearthe upper ends o-fthe side walls 12 and 14 of the casing." As here shownthe tracks or shoulders l2areformed bylrabbeting the upperendso'fthe-sidewalls. i

In use the grease receptacle 13a is moved rearwardlyagainst the, rearwall 10 of the casing and is filled; or substantially filledjwith abodyof hard Oll or grease-designatedby;

the numeral 44,. The ,lubricant'may beaxle grease or any otherrelatively, hard and sti'i'l grease which 1s;s u1table.forapplicatlon toOn account. of a the inclined arrangement contents to move by gravity:toward-the rotatable, greasing member 24a This causes the grease 14: tobe pressed against the roughened coating 28, of the member 2,4:Mand theill;

course, cause portions of the grease carried by the rough coating 28 tobe applied to the bodies of the animals.

The receptacle 34 is arranged so that it substantially embraces thegreasing member 24 and it is permitted to move towardv said member byforce of gravity until the supply of grease in the receptacle has been'practrcally exhausted, after which it may be replenished.

- The grease 44 which is usedin thiskdevice i is sufficiently stiff thatit will not flow readily from the receptacle an d the lower cross bar 16serves to retainany small quantities of grease which may escape from thelower part of therecepta-cle. In cold weather the grease 44 may bethinned to the necessary extent the use to work properly.

ofpil sotha't it will be sufficiently viscous It is obvious that myimproved greasing device isinexpensive to 'manufacture and that it maybe built of relatively heavy and strong materials so that it willlastrindefi- "nite'ly. There are very fewmo'ving parts and consequentlythere is little tendency for the device to get out of proper Workingorder.

I claim as my invention i 1. An animal greasing device, comprising acasing open at oneside,a greasing member rotatably mounted on a verticalaxis at the open side of the casing, said casing being formed withtracks inclined downwardly toward said greasing member, and a greaselate and this rubbing movement will, of a casing having a back wall,side walls and an openfront, spaced cross bars at the front of saidcasing, a greasing member rotatably of gravity toward said greasingmember to cause contact of said member with in the receptacle.

Des Moines, Iowa, March 14, 1930.

" WVILFRED MORRIS.

grease receptacle slidably supported by said tracks, said receptaclebeing open at one side for permittingcontact of the greasing member withgrease carried by the receptacle.

2. An animal greasing device, comprising a casing open atone side, agreasing member rotatably mounted on a vertical axis at the "open sideof the casing, said rgreasingmember being provided with a roughenedsurface capable of carrying considerable quantities of grease, saidcasing being formed with tracks inclined downwardly toward said greasingmember, and a grease receptacle slidably supported by said tracks saidreceptacle being open at one side for permitting ficontact ofthegreasing member with grease carried by the receptacle.

3. animal greasing deviceycomprising casingopen at one side, acylindrical greasmember rotatably ,mounted on a verticaljaxis at theopen side of the casing, said casing being formed with tracks inclineddownwardly toward said greasing member,

and a grease receptacle slidab'ly supported by said tracks and adaptedto partially embrace said greasing member, said receptacle being open atone side for permittlng contact of the greasing member with greasecarried 'by' the receptacle. 4. An an mal greaslng device comprising

